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Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Cannula Sites of Extracorporeal Biventricular Assist Devices
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  • Yoshiyuki Takami,
  • Shin-ichi Tanida,
  • Naoki Hoshino,
  • Yusuke Sakurai,
  • Kentaro Amano,
  • Kiyotoshi Akita,
  • Ryosuke Hayashi,
  • Atsuo Maekawa,
  • Hideo Izawa,
  • Yasushi Takagi
Yoshiyuki Takami
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine

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Shin-ichi Tanida
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Naoki Hoshino
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Yusuke Sakurai
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Kentaro Amano
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Kiyotoshi Akita
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Ryosuke Hayashi
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Atsuo Maekawa
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Hideo Izawa
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Yasushi Takagi
Fujita Health University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine
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Abstract

We report wound management using a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) system for the cannula sites of long-term extracorporeal biventricular assist devices (BiVADs). A 23-year old Chinese female patient with a diagnosis of giant cell myocarditis needed extracorporeal BiVADs for more than 9 months. When the cannula sites appeared necrotic 3 months after BiVADs placement, she underwent negative pressure wound therapy prophylactically for four cannula sites, using a VAC system for 3 months, followed by no infections. Such prophylactic VAC therapy may be useful to avoid cannula site infections, which is still a fatal adverse event causing sepsis, especially in patients with extracorporeal BiVADs.